depart from
noun
Roget 279:
deviation;
swerving
etc.
v.;
obliquation†,
warp,
refraction;
flection†,
flexion;
sweep;
deflection,
deflexure†;
declination.
diversion,
digression,
depart from,
aberration;
divergence
etc.
291;
zigzag;
detour
etc.
(circuit)
629;
divagation.
[Desultory motion]
wandering
etc.
v.;
vagrancy,
evagation†;
bypaths and crooked ways;
byroad.
[Motion sideways, oblique motion]
sidling
etc.
v.;
knight's move at chess.
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verb
Roget 279:
alter one's course,
deviate,
depart from,
turn,
trend;
bend,
curve
etc.
245;
swerve,
heel,
bear off;
gybe†,
wear.
intervert†;
deflect;
divert,
divert from its course;
put on a new scent,
shift,
shunt,
draw aside,
crook,
warp.
stray,
straggle;
sidle;
diverge
etc.
291;
tralineate†;
digress,
wander;
wind,
twist,
meander;
veer,
tack;
divagate;
sidetrack;
turn aside,
turn a corner,
turn away from;
wheel,
steer clear of;
ramble,
rove,
drift;
go astray,
go adrift;
yaw,
dodge;
step aside,
ease off,
make way for,
shy.
fly off at a tangent;
glance off;
wheel about,
face about;
turn to the right about,
face to the right about;
waddle
etc.
(oscillate)
314;
go out of one's way
etc.
(perform a circuit)
629;
lose one's way.
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Roget 624:
relinquish,
give up,
abandon,
desert,
forsake,
leave in the lurch;
go back on;
depart from,
secede from,
withdraw from;
back out of;
leave,
quit,
take leave of,
bid a long farewell;
vacate
etc.
(resign)
757.
renounce
etc.
(abjure)
607;
forego,
have done with,
drop;
disuse
etc.
678;
discard
etc.
782;
wash one's hands of;
drop all idea of.
break off,
leave off;
desist;
stop
etc.
(cease)
142;
hold one's hand,
stay one's hand;
quit one's hold;
give over,
shut up shop.
throw up the game,
throw up the cards;
give up the point,
give up the argument;
pass to the order of the day,
move to the previous question.
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Moby thesaurus: abandon, back out, be distinct, be distinguished, bear off, beg off, bend, branch off, change the bearing, clash with, conflict with, contrast with, cry off, curve, detour, deviate, deviate from, differ, digress, disaccord with, disagree with, discard, divagate, divaricate, divaricate from, diverge, diverge from, drop out, evacuate, forsake, go back on, heel, jar with, jettison, jilt, leave, leave behind, leave flat, maroon, not accord with, not square with, pull out, quit, quit cold, renege, say goodbye to, sheer, shift, stand apart, stand down, stand over against, swerve, tack, take leave of, throw over, trend, turn, turn aside, vacate, vary, veer, withdraw ... show more.
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